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Saucers. Two Bronzes, from the collection of the late Duke of York. Castor and Pollux, in White Marble, from the collection of the Duke of Cambridge. and Basin of deep blue Sevres. Antique Cup of Cat'seye, with jewelled stem. Two Miniatures, by Cosway. Ditto of Charles I. and his Queen Henrietta. Ditto of Lady Jersey, by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Four Plates. from the Royal Vienna Manufactory. Cups and Saucers of Sevres, Capo di Monti, old Dresden, Berlin, Buen Retiro, and Vienna. A jewelled Limoges Triptic-the birth of Christ. Sofa and four Chairs of old Tournay tapestry. Embroidered ditto, with Screen and Footstool from the petit Trianon, fromerly belonging to Marie Antoinette. Twelve magnificent old Venetian Glasses, from the palace at Naples ;-six others of the suite are in the possession of the Duchess of Wellington. Two Bronze busts of Sextus V. and Clement VII., of the highest art and workmanship.

Staircase.—Hermandino, Duke of Mantua, by Paul Veronese. John Locke, by Sir G. Kneller. Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk, by Zuccharo. Madame du Deffand. Large Majolica Plaque of the twelve Disciples in the porch of the Temple, (A.D. 1525.) Virgin and Child in della Robbia ware. Bronze bust of Columbus. Portrait of the Marquis Grimani, by Tintoretto. Marble bust of a Roman Lady, the drapery in agate. St. Peter and St. Paul, della Robbia. Large Spanish Cabinet of Tortoiseshell and Mother-of-pearl. Lofty Ebony Cabinet, with

the arms and portraits of the Visconti family. Head of Charity, by Sir J. Reynolds. Landscape by Gainsborough. Large Limoges Enamel in Ebony Frame. The Annunciation, carved in Amber, with border of Lapis Lazuli. Two terra-cotta plaques, by Marin. Miniatures of Charles I. and Henrietta Maria, with ten Nobles, in Tortoise-shell frame.

Study. Table of old Roman mosaic. Antique Desk of Tortoise-shell and Mother-of-pearl. Two oak Cabinets from Fonthill.

Japan Room.-Old Dresden Clock, with Landscapes. Chest of rare old Marquetry, with Limoges Enamel.

Red Dressing Room.-Terra-cotta plaque of the Holy Family, by Giorgio Marchioli, 1620.

Green Dressing Room.-Four magnificent plaques of old Capo di Monti, representing the four seasons. Two oval ditto of Night and Morning, in Ebony Cabinet.

ROSELANDS,

The seat of James Pateshall Jones, Esq., is situated on the south side of Turkey-street. The estate, which is watered by the New River, contains upwards of fifty acres, and includes the house and grounds, which were for more than a century the property and residence of the late Mr. Phineas Pateshall and his ancestors, and afterwards of his grandson, the present owner, who purchased the adjoining estates in the year 1859, and blended the two properties. In the following year the public road,

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ROSELANDS, THE SEAT OF JAS PATESHALL JONES, ESQ

which wound round the front of the house, was diverted, under an order of the Quarter Sessions, and carried in a direct line across Mr. Jones's land, at his own expense, by which a great improvement, public as well as private, was effected.

The families of Pateshall and Jones (who have more than once intermarried), are among the oldest residential proprietors in the parish. Phineas Pateshall appears from the Duchy Records, as quoted by Dr. Robinson, to have held a house and land" at Bull's Cross, near Card's Bridge," in 1686, as copyhold of the Manor of Enfield in the Duchy of Lancaster.

Philip Jones, of Barnard's Inn, the great-grandfather of James Pateshall Jones, died at his house in Green-street, Enfield, now the residence of the Rev. Thomas Jones, his grandson. He was an auctioneer of great eminence. in London, and his father, Thomas Jones, was the first individual who practised that profession in this country. (Gentleman's Magazine, 1778.)

MANOR OF DURANTS.

The Manor of Durants belonged in the reign of Edward I. to Richard de Plessitis, at which time it appears to have been valued at £21 Is. 111⁄2d.

In default of male issue it devolved to Thomas Durant, whose only daughter, Maude, married John Wrothe, and the Manor of Durants, to which that of Gartons was at an early period annexed, descended to their son, William

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